By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota voters have approved the expansion of Medicaid health insurance to tens of thousands of low-income residents through a constitutional amendment. South Dakota is the 39th state to expand eligibility for the government health insurance program under the Affordable Care Act. The amendment will
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, Allegra Goodwin, Eve Brennan, Ingrid Formanek and Ella Nilsen, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry announced a new, controversial plan Wednesday to raise cash for climate action in the developing world — by selling carbon credits to companies wishing to offset their polluting emissions. Speaking at the COP27 climate summit in
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Allegra Goodwin, Eve Brennan, Ingrid Formanek and Ella Nilsen, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry announced a new, controversial plan Wednesday to raise cash for climate action in the developing world — by selling carbon credits to companies wishing to offset their polluting emissions. Speaking at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt,
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday ahead of a U.S. inflation update that will likely influence Federal Reserve plans for more interest rate hikes after elections left control of Congress uncertain. Hong Kong’s market benchmark fell by more than 2%. Shanghai, Tokyo and
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will significantly raise defense spending to at least 3% of its annual economic output next year and Slovakia is also investing heavily in its armed forces, the two NATO members’ prime ministers say. They attended a multi-nation military exercise in Poland and said their Central European countries are building up
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION Associate Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Harrowing, previously unseen images from 1938’s Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial, the organization said Wednesday. One shows a crowd of smiling, well-dressed middle-aged German men and women standing casually as a Nazi
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teen and sex trafficking victim who killed a man she said raped her multiple times, is back in custody following her escape from the residential corrections facility where she was serving probation, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Lewis, 18, was arrested just days after she
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Wall Street was betting on a red wave in the midterm elections Tuesday. But it appears that didn’t happen. And investors saw red on their trading screens Wednesday. Stocks ended the day broadly lower, with the Dow plunging more than 645 points, or 2%. Merck was the only
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The White House believes that the press has “egg on their faces, yet again.” That’s according to a White House official who spoke candidly with CNN on Wednesday about the media’s “red wave” narrative that wasn’t. Heading into Tuesday, the dominant narrative in the press — especially right-wing media
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Ryan Murphy says he now would have handled the death of “Glee” star Cory Monteith differently. In a conversation on the podcast “And That’s What You REALLY Missed” released this week, Murphy said he regretted doing a tribute episode of the show so soon after Monteith, who played Finn Hudson,
Continue ReadingBy Sawyer Buccy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — What does election day look like through the eyes of a child? A group of kids from The Morgan Oliver School in Atlanta, might not be old enough to vote yet but they tell Atlanta News First Reporter Sawyer Buccy, they
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Uliana Pavlova, Anna Chernova, Darya Tarasova and Nathan Hodge, CNN One of the most senior Russian-appointed officials in occupied Ukrainian territory has been killed, Russian officials and state news agencies said Wednesday. The Russian-appointed deputy head of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, Kirill Stremousov, died in a road accident, the press
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul will win a first full term in office, CNN projects, defeating Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin and making history as the first elected female governor of New York. Hochul’s victory keeps New York Democrats on track to maintain their now nearly two-decade-old winning streak in statewide
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is planning to provide Ukraine with around 18 billion euros in financial aid next year to help the war-ravaged country keep its energy and health care facilities running, and to fund salaries and pension schemes. The European Commission said Wednesday that the aid would
Continue ReadingBy Ciara Cummings Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Calvin Jordan’s family is filled with relatives who answered the nation’s call for military service. Jordan himself served in the U.S. Army and fought in 1968 during the height of the Vietnam War. “We dropped Agent Orange,” the 73-year-old recalled. The
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station Wednesday morning, despite making its two-day trek through space with only one functioning solar panel. US defense contractor Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, which was carrying 8,200 pounds of science experiments and supplies for the astronauts on board the ISS, lifted
Continue ReadingBy Dylan Fearon Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Nurses at Saint Francis Hospital are begging for help. We’ve received more than a dozen calls in our newsroom from people who say they are current or former nurses. They claim the working conditions are unacceptable and the hospital has major
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, the top Apple Music Awards went to three artists — Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R and The Weeknd. This year, there’s only one — Bad Bunny. The music streaming giant on Wednesday crowned the Puerto Rican reggaeton superstar its Artist of the Year, thanks in
Continue ReadingBy Jay Kenney Click here for updates on this story SOUTH WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — South Windsor police say a Guilford man has been charged after evading police Tuesday afternoon. Around 12 P.M. Tuesday afternoon, South Windsor police received a call for a larceny in progress at Stop and Shop on Ellington Rd. A Connecticut
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La demócrata Katie Hobbs lidera a carrera por la gobernación de Arizona sobre la republicana Kari Lake, con un poco más de la mitad de los distritos electorales informados, y aunque muchas cosas podrían cambiar a medida que se cuentan los votos, la candidata republicana ya está poniendo en duda
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